Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) denounced the detention of religious leaders during nationwide protests in Cuba, the largest demonstrations in decades. “Cuban authorities are detaining religious leaders merely for peacefully protesting and calling for greater respect for human rights,” said USCIRF Commissioner James... Read more

Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemned in the strongest terms the deliberate neglect and targeting by the government of India that led to the death of Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Jesuit priest and longtime human rights defender. “Father Stan Swamy’s death is a stark reminder... Read more

PRESS BRIEFING AT THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES (DSS) ABUJA ON A JOINT SECURITY OPERATION ON 1ST JULY, 2021 AT IBADAN, OYO STATE   In the early hours (about 0134 hours) of today, 1st July, 2021, a joint team of security operatives raided the residence... Read more

  …as 50 unarmed Igbo Christians killed extra- judicially and 500 abducted to unknown locations since January 2021   Special Statement Intersociety, Eastern Nigeria Monday, 17th May 2021 40 Rights CSOs And Intellectual Bodies Mobilized No fewer than 40 Rights CSOs and Intelligentsias (groups of intellectuals/highly educated persons) from... Read more

PRESS STATEMENT MONDAY MAY 10, 2021   1) The attention of Pan Yoruba groups has been drawn to reports by the Nigerian Police Force, NPF that Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, (IPOB-IGBO) are planning to attack Lagos. The Lagos State Commissioner Odumosu made the allegation in Lagos today. He speaks... Read more

PRESS RELEASE   We at Ndigbo Lagos have just listened to the video making the rounds in the Social Media today 9th May 2021. In the said video Mr. Joe Igbokwe, a Political appointee of Lagos State Government and Special Adviser Drainage and Water Resources claimed insider knowledge of... Read more

May 5, 2021   Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom violations committed by violent Islamist groups in the central Sahel region of west Africa: Central Sahel Factsheet – Over the past half decade, violent Islamist groups... Read more

We refer to the Central Bank of Nigeria Limited (CBN) pronouncement on the reconstitution of the Board of Directors of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. Further to the press conference held by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele CON on Thursday, 29 April 2021,... Read more